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Examine the role of African Americans in the Civilian Conservation Corps [...] »
What pushes and pulls people into new ways of life? In this lesson, students [...] »
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Primary sources in both English and Spanish on the Spanish American War, [...] »
Explore a lesson, designed especially for English Language Learners, that [...] »
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Hypothesize, test, and acknowledge how sources form different "pictures of [...] »
Teach students to explore contingency with this great lesson plan idea.
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Documents are riddled with difficult vocabulary. Don't be afraid to adapt [...] »
Maps show far more than how to go from point A to point B! Discover how to [...] »
Political cartoons are often conceptually complex, but offer valuable [...] »
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Simply pondering "multiperspectivity" (a European term for "multiple [...] »